पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · June 17, 1999 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.15 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्।

नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः।।8.15।।
"8.15 Coming thus unto Me, these great souls go no more to the misery and death of earthly life, for they have gained perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya61.60°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra106.07°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.63°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha83.67°MithunaPunarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati4.21°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra106.84°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शनि Śani18.97°MeṣaBharaṇī P2

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:59 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:42 – 15:24
Yamaganda05:07 – 06:50
Gulika Kāla08:33 – 10:16
Varjyam05:42 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:07 – 06:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:50 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:33 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:16 – 11:59 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:59 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:42 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:24 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:07 – 18:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:50 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:07 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:24 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:42 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:59 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:16 – 02:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:33 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:50 – 05:07 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°
Longitude: 82.9739°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862881.27
Julian Day2451346.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.8454°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.10°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.8454°), declination 23.36°, EoT -0.61 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 1999-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)